Improved anchor



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CHARLES F. BROWN, 0F` WARREN, RHODEISLAND. Letters Patent No. 86,206, dated January 26,1869.

INIPROV'ED ANCHOR.

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have invented a new and useful Improvement in An-V chers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to -rnake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which represents a perspective view of my improved anchor.

This invention relates to certain improvements on the anchor for which Letters Patent of the United States, No. 54,847, were granted to me on the 22d day of May, 1866; and I The present invention consists in arranging, on an anchor which has a continuous body, a swinging fluke, which is pivoted or hinged to the continuous body of the anchor, and provided with stops, whereby it is held at the requisite angleto the body, ou either side of the same. Thereby a very simple anchor is produced, which does not require the use of double dukes, and which has, moreover, all the advantages of the aforesaid continuous side-anchor.

A, in the drawing, represents the continuous body of my improyed anchor. This is made either of one single piece which is continuous, or has its ends connected in suitable manner, or is composed of a number of pieces.

From the body A projects a bolt or pin, a, by means of which the anchor is held suspended from the chain, or any other suitable contrivauce for suspending it is arranged. e

From the inner face of the body A project, opposite the bolt or pin a, lugs, to which the thick end of a wedge-shaped fluke, B, is, by means of bolt or pin b, pivoted, or the said-plate is hinged to the body, or otherwise so fastened that it can be swung to either side of the anchor.

The fluke B is of sufficient width to clear the inner surface of the continuous band, and carries stops, c c, on its opposite faces, which prevent the fluke from swinging out further than to an angle of about fifty degrees, more or less, one of the stops striking against the lower'partpof the body, as shown. The stops may be of suitable form and size.

When the anchor is dropped, the fluke will, by its own gravity, swing out on one side, so as to project at the required angle from the body A. On arriving on the ground, the anchor' and duke will be dat thereon, but the body A will, by the stretching of the chains, be swung up, while the-duke will be d rawn into and be retained in the ground.

A great advantage of this anchor is, that it can never foul when in the ground.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat` ent- The broad fluke B of an anchor, provided upon opposite sides with the angular stops c c, and pivoted in the continuous band or body A, as herein shown and described, for the purpose specied.

CHARLES F. BROWN.

Witnesses:

FRANK BLOCKLEY, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

